Best Book of 2019: Kay Oddone
The Van Apfel Girls are Gone by Felicity McLean Described as part mystery, part coming of age story, The Van […]
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Reviews
Footprints in the Clouds
Zhiwei Xing, Footprints in the Clouds, Starfish Bay Children’s Books, December 2019, 40 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781760360559 My first impressions of Footprints in the Clouds were very
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The Beach Wombat
Susannah Chambers (text) and Mark Jackson (illustration), The Beach Wombat, Allen & Unwin, December 2019, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781760631857 The Beach Wombat, a
Best Books of 2019: Carissa Mason
Duck, Duck, Moose – Lucinda Gifford This book is wonderfully simple book about friendship and fitting in that’s loads of
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The Top Secret Interdimensional Notes of Buttons McGinty
Rhys Darby, The Top Secret Interdimensional Notes of Buttons McGinty, Scholastic, October2019, 224 pp., RRP $15.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781775435587 This is a fun book for older reluctant readers, set
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Best Books of 2019: Barbara Swartz
Karl Kruszelnicki, Dr Karl’s random road trip through science Amidst brilliantly colourful illustrations, Dr Karl explains fascinating scientific concepts –
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Return of the Temujai (Brotherband #8)
John Flanagan, Return of the Temujai (Brotherband #8), Laurence King Publishing, October 2019, 352 pp., RRP $18.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780143785941 The Brotherband series is set in
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Best Books of 2019: Liz Derouet
Most favourite 3 from lists below Yahoo Creek by Tohby Riddle (picture book) Publisher Site Yahoo Creek by Toby Riddle
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Almost an Animal Alphabet
Kate Viggers, Almost an Animal Alphabet, Laurence King Publishing, October 2019, 56 pp., RRP $19.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781786275615 Almost an Animal Alphabet dedicates each double spread
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Best Books of 2019: Cherie Bell
Monkey on the Run, was originally published in 2018 as ‘Aap op Straat’, and this year Gecko Press published the
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